The bottom of the pages in the Wethersfield parish
register are in poor condition so it is possible certain entries were missed.
Baptisms. 1647-1700.
- ?? ??? 1652 Rebecca daughter of John
ffitch.
- 1. Oct 1658 William son of Samuell ffitch.
- 5 May 1662 Ann daughter of Samuell ffitch.
- 25 Feb 1665 Thomas son of Thomas ffitch.
- 19 Jan 1681 Thomas son of Samuell ffitch.
Note, there is a gap in the registers from
1683-1700.
- 19 Dec 1704 Thomas son of Thomas Fitch.
- 19 Jul 1706 John son of Thomas Fitch.
- 01 Jul 1709 Jeremy son of Thomas Fitch.
- 02 Jul 1723 Elizabeth daughter of Samuel
Fitch.
- 13 Sep 1724 Samuel son of Samuel
Fitch
- 02 Apr 1727 Anna daughter of Samuel
Fitch
- 02 May 1729 Anna daughter of Samuel
Fitch
- 16 Sep 1734 John son of Mr. John Fitch.
- 08 Apr 1735 Hanna daughter of Mr. Thomas
Fitch.
- 08 May 1737 Thomas Fitch.
- 05 Feb 1737/8 Grace daughter of Thomas
Fitch 2 years old.
- 05 Feb 1737/8 Elizabeth daughter of Thomas
Fitch.
- 01 Jun 1738 Thomas son of John Fitch.
2 years old.
- 15 Jul 1739 Thomas son of Thomas Fitch.
- 16 Nov 1740 Aesther daughter of Thomas
& Margaret Fitch.
- 26 Jun 1743 Thomas son of Ephraim Finch
(or is it Fitch?)
- 03 Jun 1744 Elizabeth daughter of Thomas
& Elizabeth Fitch.
- 22 Jun 1748 Thomas, John, and Mary,
three children of Thomas & Elizabeth Fitch.
- 27 May 1753 Samuel son of Samuel &
Rose Fitch.
- 07 Sep 1755 John son of Samuel & Rose
Fitch
- 03 Jul 1757 William son of Samuel
& Rose Fitch
- 13 Jul 1760 Keziah natural daughter of Elizabeth
Fitch.
- 23 Nov 1760 Joseph son of Samuel &
Rose Fitch.
- 19 Feb 1764 Sarah daughter of Thomas
& Mary Fitch.
- 02 Jul 1767 Thomas son of Thomas &
Elizabeth Fitch.
- 31 Jul 1769 Nathaniel Payne son of Thomas
& Elizabeth Fitch.
- 11 May 1773 Elizabeth daughter of Thomas
& Elizabeth Fitch.
- 26 Sep 1773 Daniel son of Thomas &
Elizabeth Fitch.
- 19 Dec 1775 Sarah daughter of Thomas
& Elizabeth Fitch.
- 13 Nov 1777 Mary Pierce daughter of Thomas
& Elizabeth Fitch.
- 25 Feb 1780 Charles son of Thomas
& Elizabeth Fitch.
- 11 May 1782 William son of Thomas
& Elizabeth Fitch. (William was buried 29 April 1783)
- 17 Feb 1785 William son of Mr Thomas
& Elizabeth Fitch.
- 11 Dec 1785 Sarah daughter. of Joseph
& Mary Fitch.
- 26 Jun 1787 Maria daughter of Thomas
& Elizabeth Fitch.
- 08 Sep 1788 Joannah daughter of Joseph
& Mary Fitch.
- 15 Oct 1789 Septimus son of Thomas
& Elizabeth Fitch.
- 18 Jul 1790 Hephzibah daughter of Joseph
& Mary Fitch pauper
- 30 Mar 1792 Robert Octavus son of Thomas
& Elizabeth Fitch.
- 23 May 1792 William son of William
& Hannah Fitch.
- 05 Aug 1798 Hannah daughter of William
& Mary Fitch.
Burials. 1647-1750
- 14 Aug 1647 Mary ffitch wife of John
ffitch.
- 24 Mar 1650/1 John ffitch.
- 31 Jul 1652 William ffitch.
- ?? Jan 1655/6 __ ffitch widow. (No first name
entered.)
- 02 Jun 1659 John ffitch.
- 20 Nov 1662 Samuel ffitch.
- 11 Mar 1665 Thomas son of Thomas ffitch.
- ?? Feb 1669 Mary wife of Thomas ffitch.
- ?? ??? 1678 Lidia ffitch aged. (There is a
tear in the page after "aged". However, I think it means "ag'ed"
meaning "very old", rather than "aged a certain age".)
There is a gap in the registers from 1680-1700.
- 1702 This year many died of a malignant fever.
- 21 Dec 1702 Thomas Fitch Founder of the Free
School (Fundator Scholae Liberae).
- 21 May 1706 Elizabeth Fitch of Finchingfield.
- 21 Feb 1707/8 Dorcas Fitch.
- 20 Jan 1708/9 "Raduiphus" son of John
Fitch (Raduiphus = Ralph)
- 17 Aug 1710 "Radulphus" son of John
Fitch.
- 12 Mar 1713/14 Lydia Fitch.
- 23 Feb 1714/15 "Radulphus" Fitch.
- 19 Jul 1721 Margaret daughter of Samuel
Fitch.
- 15 Mar 1722/23 "Radulphus" Fitch.
- 12 Jan 1728/29 Ann daughter Of Samuel
Fitch.
- 12 Feb 1728/29 Elizabeth Fitch widow.
- 15 May 1731 Elizabeth Fitch.
- 06 Jul 1732 Margaret wife of Samuel Fitch.
- 23 Sep 1739 Thomas son of Thomas Fitch.
- 14 Oct 1741 Margaret wife of Thomas Fitch.
- 21 Jul 1742 Ann Fitch.
- 13 Apr 1743 Hannah wife of John Fitch.
- 18 Jul 1743 Thomas Fitch.
- 18 Sep 1748 John son of Thomas & Elizabeth
Fitch.
- 31 Oct 1749 Elizabeth wife of Mr
Thomas Fitch
- 25 Jan 1756/57 Thomas Fitch Gent.
- 01 Feb 1756/57 Thomas Fitch lab.
- 22 Oct 1756 Samuel Fitch.
- 09 Feb 1757/58 John
Fitch.
- 26 Sep 1759 Mary daughter of Samuel
& Rose Fitch.
- 22 Sep 1760 John Fitch.
- 21 Oct 1762 Hannah Fitch.
- 02 Jan 1766 Esther Fitch widow.
- 21 Sep 1770 Elizabeth Fitch widow.
- 14 Mar 1772 Charles son of Thomas
& Elizabeth Fitch.
- 25 May 1778 John son of Samuel & Rose
Fitch.
- 07 Oct 1781 Elizabeth Fitch.
- 29 Apr 1783 William son of Mr. Thomas
Fitch.
- 14 Oct 1788 Joanna Fitch pauper.
- 06 Jun 1795 Rose Fitch widow of the late Samuel
Fitch.
Marriages. 1681-1800.
- 30 Nov 1703 John Fitch married Hariria
Walford.
- 24 Apr 1718 William Mead married Sara
Fitch.
- 25 Oct 1720 Samuel Fitch married Margaret
White.
- 25 Jul 1737 William Page married Elizabeth
Fitch.
- 06 Dec 1757 William Hatch of Finchingfield
married Grace Fitch of this parish. Witnessed by Elizabeth Fitch,
Thomas Bacon.
- 25 Jan 1762 Thomas Fitch married Mary Webb
both of this parish. Witnessed by Thomas Fitch, John Webb.
- 24 Dec 1765 Edward 'Otley married Elizabeth
Fitch both of this parish. Witnessed by John Lyndsell, Grace Hatch.
- 06 Oct 1768 Thomas Rogers of Shalford married
Mary Fitch of this parish. Witnessed by Joseph Blackaller, Thomas
Clarke.
- 09 Dec 1778 John Pasfield married Kezia
Fitch both of this parish. Witnessed by S. X Fryer, Margaret X Fitch.
- 04 Dec 1784 Joseph Fitch married Mary X
Pasfield banns. Both of this parish.
- 09 Nov 1797 William Walford of Lt. Bardfield
married Sarah Fitch of this parish. Witnessed by
D. Payne, Thomas Fitch, James Walford.
X means did not sign their name but made a mark.
Though these records have been transcribed
with care, no responsibility in any form can be held for their accuracy or
completeness.